"Pigweed" is a common name for a few different plants, including lambsquarters, but the particular pigweed I'm writing about is the one whose genus is Amaranthus, also known as "amaranth." One of the better known species, Palmer amaranth, aka Palmer pigweed ( Amaranthus Palmeri ), is an invasive weed that plagues cotton and soybean fields in ...

Feb 17, 2023 · Prostrate pigweed — AKA mat amaranth, prostrate amaranth or spreading pigweed — is a summer annual that acts like a perennial. Although it completes its life cycle in one growing season, it can come back year after year, …

Redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus), also known as pigweed amaranth, is a common summer annual herb. This plant is native to the tropical Americas, but it has been introduced to also every continent in the world.

Apr 23, 2023 · What is Pigweed (Amaranth)? Pigweed, or amaranth as it is also known, is a versatile plant that can be seen in many gardens. It is a common name for several species of weedy plants belonging to the Amaranthus genus, including redroot pigweed (Amaranthus Retroflexus), smooth pigweed (Amaranthus Hybridus), …

Amaranthus palmeri is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, [1] dioecious amaranth, [2] Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It is native to most of the southern half of North America. Populations in the eastern United States are probably naturalized ...

Amaranthus retroflexus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae with several common names, including red-root amaranth, redroot pigweed, red-rooted pigweed, common amaranth, pigweed amaranth, and common tumbleweed.

Redroot and smooth pigweeds (Amaranthus retroflexusL. and A. hybridusL.)Powell amaranth (Amaranthus powellii) Life cycle: Summer annuals. Emerge in the spring set seed in late summer/fall and dies. Emergence: The emergence of these pigweed species occurs after common lambsquarters and the ragweeds.

Also called amaranths, pigweeds are native to parts of North and Central America. Crop cultivation and human commerce have opened new niches, allowing pigweeds to invade agricultural ecosystems throughout the Americas, and parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus) is wild, edible and nutritious food. Identify pigweed via its pictures, habitat, height, flowers and leaves.

Livid amaranth, in the family Amaranthaceae, is a summer annual pigweed, distinguished by a prostrate to ascending growth habit (most pigweeds grow upright) and a notch or cleft at the tip of the leaf blade. Livid amaranth appears to be increasing in abundance in the Southeast.